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    New Hens Won't move----

    This kinda goes with my previous post. We got the 3 new hens which aren't laying yet, probably about 4-5 months old, n put them in the coop to get them used to it. It's a small coop from TS but plenty big for just those 3 chickens. Anyway, this is their 2nd day and they are just staying in the...
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    Introducing New Birds……

    I have ONE single rooster. All our hens were either killed over the last year, or died of old age. I would like to start with 3 new, young-ish hens. I don’t imagine the rooster will give them much problem as he’s “lonely”, correct?? I plan to shut them all into the coop for how long? Days...
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    Chicken Math

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    Safe Ant Killers for Chickens??

    Is there any poison for fire ants you can use safely for free-range chickens?? My son found one we think is ok called “Over ‘n Out”. We have Fire Ants n out chickens free range all over the yard.
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    Cheapest Egg Cartons?

    Has anyone found a cheap source of egg cartons for a dozen eggs? I’m giving eggs away since I get 6/day so I don’t want to spend $1 a carton on top of it.
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    How long are eggs good?

    My sons new mower finally came and he’s mowing tonight. He found a cardboard box in our burn pile with about 2 dozen eggs in it!! Are they good? Do a float test on them? Or just discard?
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    Double yolked eggs?

    My son was asking because we’ve been getting a LOT of these. If they’re fertilized and brooded will they hatch out 2 chicks or will only 1 develop?
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    Any idea what happened to this hen?

    Had a flock of 8. 1 roo. Born March 2024 so 6 months old. All hens laying. Fed them at around 4 PM one night. All there and accounted for and eating. They go to bed around 6:30-7:00ish. 4 roost on top of the garage (they get there by flying from the porch to the roof) and 4 roost on the back...
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    All eggs are Double-Yolked…….

    My questions is about cooking with them. Every dark brown egg I get is double-yolked. How does this affect cornbread, bread, n cookies? Or does it???
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    Hens are Laying Now!!

    I had predicted Aug. 7 so it was pretty much expected. Anyway, now I need to switch them to Layer Feed right? And I have one roo— it’s ok if he eats it right? Up until now they’ve been on chick feed.
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    How long for remaining flock to recover?

    Hi, all. My chickens have free range of our fenced in 1.2 acre around our house. A few nights ago, my son heard squawking and went out to investigate. There was a strange dog in our yard (who got in through a broken slat in the fence we found out the next day) chasing our chickens around in the...
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    I have 10 chickens hatched out March 20,

    and 2 of those are roosters and the rest pullets. The roo's are crowing, started a week ago. Shouldn't the pullets be laying? Which comes first, the crow or the laying?
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    Interesting Peafowl story

    My grandparents had a sheep ranch out in west Texas (Santa Anna, Texas to be specific). Lived there from around 1920-1990. Anyway, my parents gifted them ONE PAIR of standard green/blue peafowl in 1954 for their anniversary. Peafowl got no 'extra' care. Were turned loose on the ranch. Out of...
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    The Cheapest Place to buy Chick Feed?

    Where have yall found is the cheapest place to buy feed for chicks? Local TS, other feed stores, mills, Chewys, Amazon, etc.? Just wondering.
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    Bullies

    I had some EE's born March 20 in one coop (after getting rid of 6 roo's I have 7 left) and 7 separate pullets about 10 days younger in another coop. There are 2 pullets in the first group that love to pick on the ones from the second coop when they're all out in the yard together. They will...
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    What is the oldest chicken (hen or rooster--please specify) you've ever had?

    Please also specify the breed (if known). Pictures optional.
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    Help on Identifying Roosters

    These chicks are nearly 3 months old. I count 7 roosters in this picture. Am I right?
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    How long does it take a Hen to get used to a coop?

    I have a pullet that escaped over a month ago and took up roosting in a large bush at the side of my yard. I thought I'd gotten her reintegrated with her former flockmates after she'd been loose about 2 weeks but I've noticed she's back in the bush. About how long should a chicken be shut up in...
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    How long can 8-10 week old chicks......

    .....survive wading through a flooded coop? I live in Huntsville Texas which has gotten RECORD amounts of rain (like we're up to almost 30" for the month of May) and flooding and where the coops are is a depression spot so completely covered with 1"-2" of water. They can get into the upper loft...
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    Caught Escaped Chick ......

    Had chicks hatched March 20 in a coop. Guess I didn't count right when I left them out roaming the back yard around April 25and they were 5 weeks oldish. One didn't get into the coop and took up residence in a big bush/shrub in the corner of our lot. She survived by herself 2 weeks out there...
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